History of Opera, The
Author : Richard Fawkes
Performed By : Robert Powell
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 5 hours 20 minutes
Categories : Social & Economic
Music Related
Music Related
Our Price : $18.75
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Opera, said Moliere, is the most expensive noise known to man. From its beginnings in the 16th century, through to today when there are as many musical styles as there are composers, opera has fascinated, infuriated, delighted, been censored, been banned, excited riots, even won a nation its freedom. Here is the colourful story of sometimes temperamental composers and even more temperamental singers working in an art form which has produced some of man's noblest artistic creations.
This absorbing history is illustrated by over 100 musical examples by Naxos artistes as well as some of the greatest singers of the 20th century including Enrico Caruso and Fyodor Chaliapin.
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Jane Eyre
Author : Charlotte Bronte
Performed By : Claire Bloom, Sir Anthony Quayle & cast
Publisher : Harper Collins UK
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Dramatizations
Classics
Our Price : $12.75
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Jane Eyre is the story of an unloved and penniless orphan who triumphs over harsh treatment to become a spirited and independent young woman.
She secures employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall where she transforms the life of morose and lonely Edward Rochester.
They fall in love, but Thornfield holds a dark secret that blights their happiness.
This dramatised reading captures all the passionate intensity of Charlotte Brontë's great romantic novel.
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